Junior linebacker for Georgia Southern. 2022: 21 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
6′0″ · 235 lb · Athens, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 2254 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Georgia Southern. 2022: 21 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
Jalen Jackson
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons at Georgia Southern, three different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley and Clay Helton. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Louisiana — Week 11, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 45 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #469 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 21 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 45 | 19 | 2.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022
W 45–38
5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 SACKS
Edged out James Madison at home in a shootout.
With K. Vantrease — 578 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.3 · -2 rush yds (1 car) · A. Beck II — 45 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 59 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Morgan State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-42@ Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-35@ UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-38vs James Madison | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-23@ Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-38vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-36@ Louisiana | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 10-23vs Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 21-23@ Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jeremiah Trotter Jr.’s 2021 season.
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Differs from Jeremiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Max Alford's junior season at BYU (2025).
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Player DNA